Movie
Einstein and Eddington
Overview
Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friendship during World War I, which leads to the creation of the relativity theory.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-11-29
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- History, Drama, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Company Television Productions, HBO Films, Pioneer Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Andy Serkis as Albert Einstein
- David Tennant as Arthur Eddington
- Richard McCabe as Frank Dyson
- Patrick Kennedy as William Marston
- Rebecca Hall as Winnie Eddington
- Jim Broadbent as Sir Oliver Lodge
- Jacob Theato as Eduard Einstein
- Callum Williams as Hans Einstein
- Lucy Cohu as Mileva Einstein
- Donald Sumpter as Max Planck
- Anton Lesser as Fritz Haber
- Paul Brooke as H H Turner
Crew
- Philip Martin - Director
- Peter Moffat - Writer
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